The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-09-30

me;n for from that brighs orb
voice of light would ring across
the heavens responding: "Yes, yes;
we are sisters" Sir Sidney Smith
in prison was playing lawn tents tn the
yard and the ball few over the wall.
Another ball containing letters was
thrown back, and so communication was
opened with the outside world, and Sidney
Smith escaped In time TO defeat Bona.
parties Egyptian expedition. What small!
accident connected with what vast result!
Sir Robert Peel, from . pattern he drew
on the back Of . pewter dipDer-plate, got
suggestions of that which led to tho
important invention bv which calico u
printed.
Nothing In Gods universe swings at
loose ends. Accidents are only Gods way
of turning leaf in the book Of his eternal
DEGREES. From our cradle to our grave
there Is q Path all marked out. Each
event in our life Is connected with every
other event in our life. Our loss may
be the most direct road to our
gain. Our defeats and victories are twin
brothers. The whole direction of your lite
was changed by something which at the
time seemed to you trifie, while some &C.
currence which seemed tremendous Affect
ed you but little. Rev. DIR. Kennedy, OF
Basking Ridge, N. j., went into his pulpit
one Sabbath and by strange freak OF
| memory forgot his subject and forgot his
text, and in great embarrassment rose be-
| fore his audience and announced the cir
cumstance and declared himself entirely
unable to preach; then launched forth in .
l g. - otu nd
ing which resulted in the outbreaking OF
the mightiest revival of religion ever
known in that State, a revival OF religion
that resulted in churches still stand
ing and in the conversion OF
large number q men who entered
the Gospel ministry who have brought
their thousands into the kingdom of God.
Gods plans are magnificent beyond all
comprehension. He molds us, turns and
directs us, aud we know it not. Thou
sands of years are to him but as the fight
of shuttle. The most terrific occurrence
does not make God tremble, and the most
triumphant achievement does not lift him
into rapture. That one great thought OF
God goes on through the centuries, and
nations rise and fall, and eras pass, and
the world itself changes, but God still
keeps the undivided mastery, linking event
to event and century to century. To God
thew are all one event, one history, one plan,
one Development, one system. Great and
marvellous are thy works, Lord God AL.
mighty.
Furthermore, we learn from this story
the propriety Of laying up for the future.
During seven years of plenty Joseph pre-
pared for the famine, and when It came
he had a crowded storehouse. The life OF
most men in worldly respect is divided
into years Of plenty and famine. 1t is
seldom that any man passes through life
without at least seven years OF plenty.
During these seven prosperous wears your
business bears q rich harvest. You hardly
know where all the money comes from, It
comes SO fast. Every bargain you make
seems to turn into gold. You contract
few bad debts. You are astonished with
large dividends. You invest more and
! more capital. You wonder how men can
be content with a small business
gathering in z only a hundred
dollars where you reap your
thousands. These are the seven years OF
plenty. Now, Joseph, is the time to pre-
pare for famine, for to almost every man
there do come seven years OF famine
You will be sick; you will be unfortunate;
Won will be defrauded; you will be disap.
pointed; you will be old. and il you have
) no storehouse upon which to fall back YOU
may be famine-struck.
We have no admiration for this denying
ones self Of all present comfort and luxury
for the mere pleasure of boarding up, this
grasping for the mere pleasure OF seeing
how large pile you can get; this always
being poor and cramped, because IS soor
as a dollar comes in it is sent out to see q
it can't find another dollar to CARR
home on its back; but there L
an intelligent and undetermined fore
( cast which we love to see in men whit
have families and kindred dependent up
o on them for the blessings Of education
and home. God sends us to the insect!
! for lesson, which, while they do NO
t stint themselves in the present, do NO
{ forget their duty to forestall the future
Q s'Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider
her ways and be wise, which, having N
I guide, overseer or ruler, provideth he
meat in the summer and gathereth he
food in the harvest"
Now, there are two ways OF laying ul
money; the one by investing it in stool
Q and deposting it in the banks and loan
, ing it on bond and mortgage. The othe
o way Of laying up money Is giving
Z away. He is the safest who makes bot
r of these investments. But the man VIII
d devotes none Of his gain to the cause o
8 Christ and thinks only OF his owl
o comfort and luxury, is not safe, I don't car
g how his money is invested. He acted
It the rose, if it should say: 81 will hold m
q breath and no one shall have q snatch q
d fragrance from me until next week, an
l Ill al
II the aroma" The time comes, but haviu
nothing then to give.
It But above all lay up treasures
{. Heaven. They never depreciate in valu
k They never are at discount They al
y always available. Youmay feel safe no
le with your present yearly income, br
1t what will such an income be wort
o. after YOU are dead? Othel
ID will get it. Perhaps some Of them wi
10 quarrel about it before you are burie'
}" They will be right glad you are dead
ID They are only waiting for you to di
l. What tb-n will all your accumulations
3 worth il you could gather it all into yor
1t bosom and walk up with it to Heaven
in gate? It would not purchase your a
ut mission; or, if allowed to enter, 1t coul
c. not buy you q crown or q robe, and Il
is poorest saint in Heaven would look dow
'p and say: ''Whcre did that pauper con
N from?"
s. Finally, learn from this subject that
ip eyery famine there is q storehouse. Up Il
,e lcnyrow of buildings, pilsdto the very rot
N with corn. come the hungry multitude
g. and Joseph commanded that their sacl
re and their wagons be filled. The world hi
been blasted. Every green thing b,
be withered under tho touch Of sin. F.'o
Is all continents and islands and zones com